Reviews^  etc. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
May,  1880. 
merely  to  call  attention  to  this  publication,  in  which,  as  usual,  the  very  full  and 
carefully  arranged  report  on  the  progress  of  pharmacy  is  a  prominent  feature,  occu- 
pying more  than  one-half  (524  pages)  of  the  book.  Of  great  interest  is  also  the 
report  on  the  drug  market,  which  is  supplemented  by  a  comprehensive  report  on  the 
drug  market  of  San  Francisco  and  the  resources  of  California,  from  the  pen  of  Mr. 
Jas.  G.  Steele,  covering  nearly  100  closely  printed  pages.  The  papers  read  at  the 
meeting  were  not  quite  as  numerous  as  on  some  former  occasions,  but  they  will  be 
found  of  great  interest  and  even  importance.  On  reading  the  graphic  descriptions 
in  Mr.  Wellcome's  paper,  "A  Visit  to  the  Cinchona  Forests  of  South  America,"  it 
will  be  a  source  of  regret  that  his  other  essay,  relating  to  the  practice  of  medicine 
and  pharmacy  in  Peru,  was  lost  and  could  not  be  prepared  again  for  this  volume. 
The  frontispiece  is  a  well-executed  artotype  of  the  late  Eugene  L.  Massot,  of  St. 
X,ouis,  a  merited  tribute  to  the  memory  of  a  worthy  follower  of  pharmacy. 
It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  short-hand  report  of  the  discussions  is  uncommonly 
meagre,  as  compared  with  previous  years.  In  all  other  respects  we  believe  the  vol- 
ume compares  favorably  with  the  preceding  ones,  and  is  more  handy  than  others  of  a 
similar  size,  in  consequence  of  the  selection  of  a  paper  more  suitable  for  voluminous 
books.    The  volume  may  be  obtained  from  the  Permanent  Secretary. 
The  Microscope  and  Microscopical  Technology.  Bv  Heinrich  Frey,  Professor  of  Med- 
icine in  the  University  of  Zurich.  Translated  and  edited  by  Geo.  R.  Cutter, 
M.D.,  etc.  Second  edition.  New  York :  William  Wood  &  Co.,  1880.  8vo, 
pp.  660. 
The  original  work  in  German  is  well  known  and  highly  valued  by  microscop- 
asts  conversant  with  the  German  language.  The  labor  of  translation  of  such  a  work 
is  not  an  easy  one  j  but  it  has  been  well  done  by  the  editor. 
The  description  of  the  microscope,  with  its  various  accessories,  is  very  instruc- 
tive, and  the  means  for  using  the  instrument,  for  preparing  microscopic  objects,  for 
mounting  them,  etc.,  are  fully  described.  The  information  gained  in  this  direction 
'by  a  careful  perusal  of  the  work  is  considerable  \  and  the  practical  hints  given  on 
almost  every  page  of  the  work  are  such  as  will  be  duly  appreciated  by  not  only  the 
novice,  but  even  by  those  who  are  familiar  with  the  use  of  the  microscope. 
The  work  treats  chiefly  of  the  tissues,  secretions  and  excretions  of  animals,  and  is 
therefore  primarily  intended  for  the  use  of  the  physician  and  the  student  of  anatomy 
and  physiology  5  but  its  practical  scope  is  by  far  wider,  and  the  student  of  general 
as  well  as  special  biology  will  find  it  a  most  welcome  addition  to  his  works  of 
instruction  and  reference  in  a  branch  of  investigation  by  means  of  an  instrument 
which  "has  conquered  a  new  world  of  minuteness  for  natural  science." 
Paper,  illustrations  and  the  typographical  outfit  in  general  are  very  commendable. 
A  Practical  Handbook  of  Medical  Chemistry  applied  to  Clinical  Research  and  the 
Detection  of  Poisons.  By  Wm.  H.  Greene,  M.D.,  Demonstrator  of  Chemistry  in 
the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  etc.  Philadelphia  : 
Henry  C,  Lea's  Son  &  Co.,  1880.    izmo,  pp.  310.    Price  $1.75. 
Good  works  on  medical  chemistry  are  by  no  means  numerous.  Notwithstanding 
